August 1, 2006
Neotrope® re-launches online magazine and news portal, eNewsChannels™, continuing the Summer 2006 roll-out of the revamped Neotrope News Network. The site also features news content from the Send2Press wire service. The site uses the new Neotrope CMS-WP content management system, and has both WAP compatibility and built-in per-page translation and social network (e.g., Digg, Del.ico.us, and Technorati tags) support.

July 27, 2006
Send2Press Newswire to Sponsor NARIP Music Marketing and PR Seminar. Neotrope/Send2Press will sponsor a record industry workshop presented by the National Association of Record Industry Professionals (NARIP), entitled "Getting Ink & Working the 'Net: Secrets, Tips & Tricks of Publicity & PR." The event instructor is Scott G 'The G-Man,' a successful recording artist and marketing guru, and will take place Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 at the Beverly Garland Theater in Studio City, California. As the creative head of G-Man Marketing in Los Angeles, Scott G consults on advertising, marketing, positioning and branding for companies from Albertsons to Zenith. NARIP promotes education, career advancement and good will among record executives. The sponsorship is only the first step in a new strategic partnership between NARIP and Neotrope, to be announced later.
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June 15, 2006
Send2Press begins the "Beta" re-launch of its VNR (video news release) service with selected clients, to demonstrate the production and distribution capabilities that only a 24-year old entertainment and marketing company can provide. As part of the revamped service offering, Send2Press will be both producing and disseminating client VNRs online and to the media for the first time since 2002. The service will allow any size company to showcase their news in a visual and dynamic Web-compatible presentation. Each 90-120 second VNR is presented in a "cable news channel" format, with a professional on-air talent reading the content, with support for embedded images, audio and video. The video news releases are featured in the Send2Press News Network, which includes websites like Send2Press.com, averaging 25 million hits per month, and related sites like AdvertisingIndustryNewswire.com, eNewsChannels.com, CaliforniaNewswire.com and nearly 100 sites pending re-launch. Additionally, Send2Press video and other content will be distributed by Voxant, Inc.'s Viral Syndication Network(TM), as appropriate.
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June 7, 2006
Neotrope® signs partnership with Voxant, Inc. to have Voxant pull Send2Press® news information, images, and the relaunched Send2Press Video News Releases (VNRs) into their TheNewsRoom™ and News Cube™ systems. Additionally, certain sites in the Neotrope News Network, such as eNewsChannels.com, will feature Voxant video news content on the home page. Voxant's TheNewsRoom™ provides access to compelling, trusted news content through an easy-to-use syndication interface. With Voxant's new viral distribution™ capabilities, news organizations, syndicators and advertisers are now able to distribute news and ads down the long tail of the Web to any Internet-enabled device.

May 1, 2006
Neotrope re-launches online magazine and news portal, Advertising Industry Newswire™, with original articles and editorial content by Christopher Simmons and Scott G ("The G Man"). The site also features all "ad industry" related news from the Send2Press wire service. The site uses the new Neotrope CMS-WP content management system, and has both WAP compatibility and built-in per-page translation and social network (e.g., Digg, Del.ico.us, and Technorati) support.

March 1, 2006
Send2Press® president Christopher Simmons is quoted on page 73 of the March 2006 issue of Entrepreneur magazine. This is the second time Mr. Simmons has been interviewed for the magazine on the subject of public relations and press release services for small business.

August 24, 2005
The first episode in a new entertainment talk show podcast was released this week by Send2Press Newswire (www.Send2Press.com) and hosted by PRSA and ASCAP member Christopher Simmons. The first show features interviews with Scott G "The G-Man" who is a professional voiceover talent heard on dozens of top-brand radio commercials and a popular music recording artist, as well as a chat with the folks at GoldenPalace.com who recently painted 100 cows in Florida with the blessing of PETA.
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August 23, 2005
The leading authority on Press Release Optimization, Christopher Laird Simmons, Announces Enhanced Services for Send2Press — Neotrope(R) announced today an enhanced version of its ContextXpert(TM) solution for optimization and placement of press release content into search engines and databases, which will power the relaunch of Send2Press Newswire (www.Send2Press.com) in September. This technology is based on Neotrope's ContextEngine(R) system, developed and launched by marketing technologist Christopher Simmons in January of 1996 when AltaVista was the "big dog" in the indexing of online news content. Over the past decade the system has matured along with search portals and other news indexes.
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June 6, 2005
The winners for the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) 2004 Excellence in Technology Journalism Awards were announced today. Christina Prier Steffy, associate editor of BioProcess International and Chris Taylor, San Francisco bureau chief of Time, took top honors. Neotrope/Send2Press President and PRSA Member Christopher Simmons was on the judging panel for the awards.
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May 10, 2005
Neotrope/Send2Press president Christopher Simmons is interviewed by Emmy® Award Winning Broadcaster Errol Smith for Web-based "radio" program on how book authors can use press releases to promote themselves. This unscripted live phone interview will appear on the Publishing Basics Website and elsewhere as part of the Readers Radio Network.

May 1, 2005
Neotrope/Send2Press has signed on as the premier sponsor of the five city "Moving from Podcasting to Nanocasting" conference, co-produced by Guerrilla Marketing International, Jackstreet Media, and the newly formed International Nanocasting Alliance (INA). As a premier sponsor of the conference tour, Neotrope/Send2Press will provide tier one newswire services in the US and Canada, keyword marketing, and brand awareness support. The conference series will start in Sept. 2005 and run through Jan. 26, 2006, and take place in Las Vegas, Vancouver, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Orlando.
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March 7, 2005
Neotrope Chosen to Provide Internet Marketing Solutions for New York Computer Technology Firm S & R Network Consulting, a leading New York computer network and database integration firm. As part of this program, Neotrope will provide its proven DotComMojo(TM) and DotSorcerer(TM) search submission and deep-linking technology, and press release optimization technology first introduced in 1996.
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January 28, 2005
Neotrope/Send2Press is donating $22K in free public reltions and newswire services to worthy non-profit and charitable organizations to celebrate its 22nd anniversary.
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January 27, 2005
Neotrope/Send2Press donates services to help sponsor the 12th Annual Inspired Art Auction, organized by Inspiration Corporation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and United Way member agency that works to help the homeless in the Chicago area. This year's event will feature more than 100 pieces of juried artwork donated by leading Chicago-area artists. Inspiration Corporation employs a concept of therapeutic community, where the community of people in common effort is the healing agent for the individual. This unique milieu is what makes Inspiration a safe, supportive and motivational environment unlike any other in Chicago.
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January 1, 2005
To celebrate its 22nd anniversary (Jan. 1983 - Jan. 2005), Neotrope/Send2Press will donate $22K in services to worthwhile nonprofit organizations in 2005. Neotrope previously provided a similar nonprofit program in 2000 (read release from Aug. 2000). The first worthwhile organization selected to receive free services in 2005, is the Native Voices Foundation (NVF), a Colorado non-profit 501C3. Native Voices Foundation is a partnership between U.S. Tribal leaders and Olympians "to create joyful unity through sports to help heal Mother Earth for all our children." It was chosen to spearhead the President's Healthier U.S. Initiative in the Great Outdoors on behalf of the "underserved, heroic Native American population" (President Bush). NVF is co-chaired by olympic skier, Suzy Chaffee. Other worthwhile nonprofit organizations will be able to apply for this program in late January through an application on the Send2Press.com home page.

December 14, 2004
Neotrope president Christopher Simmons is interviewed by Monster.com for article, "Oops, I Did it Again! Top Typos and How to Catch Them Before it's too Late." The majority of the tips in the article were suggested by Mr. Simmons, based on his 25 years experience in proof-reading and copy-editing.

November 15, 2004
Neotrope/Send2Press, a Leading Online Newswire Service for Small to Medium Businesses, Launches New Discount Program for Non-Profit Organizations. Through this new program, nonprofit groups can obtain a 15% discount on all targeted news distribution, press release writing, and online marketing solutions offered through Neotrope/Send2Press.
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November 4, 2004
Neotrope/Send2Press announces Free Book Publicity for Book Authors and Book Publishers. Website relaunch, PublishersNewswire.com Offers Free Services for Writers and Small Publishing Companies. This new site provides a wealth of articles, interviews, and resources for anybody interested in writing, publishing, and distribution of books.
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October 20, 2004
Lamaute Capital, Inc. selects Neotrope's DotSorcerer™ "deep-linking" search engine marketing solution, and press release optimization technology, to help promote their new website in major search engines. Lamaute Capital helps small business owners save for retirement and to withdraw from a 401k, IRA, or other retirement savings with minimal taxes and penalties. Most of their retirement plans allow loans. For example, the solo 401k, (a.k.a., Individual 401k, or Self-Employed 401k), the 403(b), and the one-person defined benefit plans all let individuals borrow against them for start-up business loans or personal loans.
Click here to learn more about Lamaute Capital.

September 2, 2004
Shrimpo LLC Selects Neotrope as Agency of Record for Media Relations and SEO + PR Keyword Marketing. As part of this agreement, Neotrope will provide both media relations and Internet marketing services to promote Shrimpo LLC's information technology (IT) consulting, and human user interface design (HUI) solutions.
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August 5, 2004
Neotrope/Send2Press unveils preview version of re-launched Publishers Newswire™ (www.publishersnewswire.com) which used to be part of the Mindset Netwire sites. The new site is "the news and marketing resource for book publishers and authors." The site, officially re-launching in Sept. will have forums, articles on the book business, monthly "brainstorm" roundtable with industry veterans on topics like "the future of e-books," and interviews with authors including notables like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and many first-time authors. Forums allow authors and publishers to exchange thoughts on how to write a book, get it published and even market to a specific audience. All resources are free, and "book specific" SEO+PR™ services can be ordered from Send2Press via the site.
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August 2, 2004
A revised version of Christopher Simmons' often quoted article on "how to write a press release" was recently updated and published in the August edition of the Publishing Basics Newsletter, described as "A Monthly Newsletter for the Small Press and Independent Self-Publisher." This publication is sent each month to over 25,000 self-publishing subscribers by RJ Communications, who also operates BooksJustBooks.com.
Click here to read the revised article.

August 1, 2002
Neotrope is selected by SpaceLift Products LLC to develop a branded Web presence for the company. SpaceLift™ is Transforming the Concept of Home Storage and "Raising Storage to a Higher Level." The company designs, develops, and markets innovative products for space management, storage, lifting platforms, garage storage management, home and office storage solutions.

July 29, 2004
Camilions Photo Personalized Children's Books today selected Neotrope's DotSorcerer™ contextual linking solution and press release optimization technology to help promote their business and ecommerce website. Camilions personalized children's books are designed to be fun keepsakes, to capture a wonderful moment of a child's life and treasure it for years to come. That's why their books combine the latest variable content technology with the beauty of traditional book making. Neotrope has provided effective, proven SEO/SEM solutions since 1996.

July 28, 2004
Empire Relations Group, Inc. (www.empirerelations.com) today selected Neotrope's DotSorcerer™ deep-linking SEO service, DotComMojo™ search engine submission, and ContextXpert™ press release optimization technology consulting services, to help promote their updated website content to major search portals. Empire Relations Group, Inc. Provides Investor Relations programs for OTC:BB Exchange, Small Cap stocks, and investment research. Consulting for venture capital. In depth Gold Star Report and corporate profiles for publicly traded stocks, technology companies & development stage corporations. Neotrope has provided best-in-class affordable SEO/SEM solutions since Jan. of 1996.

July 14, 2004
Send2Press and PR Newswire Extend Partnership to Provide Affordable, Effective Media Monitoring and Corporate Intelligence Services to Small Businesses. Leveraging an existing partnership, Send2Press and PR Newswire will now provide small business owners with cost- effective media monitoring and news clipping services, the two companies announced today.   Read press release.

July 12, 2004
Neotrope/Send2Press founder and chief visionary Christopher Laird Simmons was interviewed today for a series of articles by William J. Lynott, which will appear in various Australian, Canadian and U.S. print publications, and online. The business article series covers "techniques for keeping customers coming back," and "advertising for new customers." William J. Lynott is a former management consultant and corporate executive who writes on business and financial topics for a variety of consumer and trade publications. His latest book, "Money: How to Make the Most of What You've Got," is available through bookstores and Amazon.com.

June 21, 2004
Send2Press and Vickie Jenkins Performance Power Launch Partnership to Provide Affordable Effective Press Coverage and Media Coaching Services Within Reach of Small Businesses. A new strategic alliance between Send2Press Newswire (www.send2press.com) and Vickie Jenkins Media Coaching was announced today. This service will provide small to medium business (SMB) owners with a single-source solution for affordable PR service packages including news release writing, targeted news distribution, media coaching and media training. This alliance is designed to give companies who want to take the reins of their own media promotion access to a variety of "ready to go" PR kits called eMediaEXTRA™.   Read press release.

June 8, 2004
Neotrope announced today that its Send2PressT division (www.send2press.com), a leading online newswire service, has relaunched its popular Affiliate Program designed to help business-to-business web portals, search engines, and "blogs" earn revenue through banner and text linking to its affordable PR services. The program was discontinued in March for retooling and to develop higher payout fees to partnering sites with appropriate content.   Read press release.

June 1, 2004
Moreover.com adds Send2Press news articles to its syndicated headline feeds to content sites worldwide. Previously Moreover had captured MindsetNetwire.com content, but did not carry over the feeds from 2000.

May 10, 2004
Neotrope is selected to provide brand identity materials including software graphics and magazine advertising for Respondus, Inc. and their new StudyMate™ software application.

April 1, 2004
Neotrope is selected to build and host a basic web presence for Renaissance Ed, a continuing education med-legal teleseminar resource for psychiatrists and other professionals to stay informed on med-legal issues.

March 25, 2004
Neotrope's Send2Press is mentioned in the March 2004 BBBonline Newsletter, as one of the participants helping to promote the Better Business Bureau's identity theft awareness and education program.

March 15, 2004
Neotrope partners with eWatch® to provide an affordable and innovative media monitoring solution for its clients using the Send2Press.com targeted news distribution and Internet marketing service.

March 4, 2004
In his capacity as a contributing editor to CrossMedia™ magazine, and executive editor of Search Engine Intelligence™ magazine; Neotrope founder Christopher Simmons is serving as a judge in the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 2003 Awards for Excellence in Technology Journalism judging panel.

March 1, 2004
Six Sigma Brokers (www.sixsigmabrokers.com) has upgraded to Neotrope's new ContextXpert™ search engine optimization consulting, press release optimization technology, and keyword ranking solution. Neotrope is currently the #1 search result on Yahoo! under "keyword optimization."

Feb. 19, 2004
Send2Press.com is chosen as Interland's "website of the month" for Feb. 2004. Send2Press is featured in a 600 word article which includes an interview with Send2Press founder Christopher Simmons. Interland is a major web presence provider hosting over 200,000 companies, and is the owner of the datacenter/NOC where Neotrope/Send2Press' primary "A" web server is co-located.

Jan. 5, 2004
Six Sigma Brokers, a firm which assists companies in determining the best solution provider for six sigma consulting, training, evaluation, and deployment, has chosen Neotrope's DotComMojo keyword optimization service to help promote their website launch (www.sixsigmabrokers.com).

December 15, 2003
Neotrope today announced the formal launch of freeNewsArticles™ (www.freeNewsArticles.com), a new content resource providing hundreds of ready-to-use business news articles in a wide variety of popular topics including entertainment, biotech, and book publishing. After filling out a simple license agreement, editors may freely use the content in print, online, or on-air.

Nov. 7, 2003
Noted author, Beverly West, author of the popular Cinematherapy book series, joins Neotrope's Send2Press news services site as a team member and staff writer. Beverly will bring her wit, expertise and communication skills to our client projects. Beverly West is a best-selling author whose series, Cinematherapy, the Girls Guide to Movies for Every Mood, has spawned six sequels and daily TV show in primetime on WE, Women's Entertainment. Bev also has penned a cookbook, Culinarytherapy, The Girl's Guide to Food for Every Mood, and Cinematherapy for the Soul. She has also written for many national magazines including Self, Redbook and TV Guide.

Nov. 3, 2003
The Moment Group of Arlington, Virginia has selected Neotrope's DotSorcerer search engine optimization services for their website, FederalContractsForSmallBusinesses.com. The Moment Group is a small business coaching and consulting firm that specializes in helping small businesses and independent professionals win federal contracts without struggling.

Oct. 20, 2003
Send2Press featured in the "Marketing Buzz" column, in the Nov. 2003 issue of Entrepreneur magazine. (Unfortunately they cut the interview comments with Neotrope founder Christopher Simmons on the benefits of "do it yourself PR.")

June 27, 2003
Big Kid Collectables of Sherman Oaks, Calif. has upgraded their keyword optimization program to a higher service plan, from Neotrope's DotComMojo solution, to the DotSorcerer™ contextual marketing service. Celebrating the big kid in each and every one of us, Big Kid Collectables (www.bigkidcollectables.com) is the place to go if you're looking for classic advertising characters and ad figures. From plush toys, bobbleheads, tin toys, vinyl signs and stand-ups, promotion premiums, collector banks, mail-away offer items, and more. Big Kid specializes in advertising figures and characters from the 1940's to today.

June 26, 2003
Neotrope/Send2Press President Christopher Simmons is interviewed by Entrepreneur magazine on the subject of innovative and affordable press release services and solutions for small businesses and entrepeneurs. Send2Press (www.Send2Press.com) will appear in the "business buzz" article in the Nov. 2003 edition of Entrepreneur magazine as an example of available solutions for those starting new business ventures to promote their business.

June 6, 2003
Coast Video Inc. of Manhattan Beach, Calif. (www.coastvideo.com) selects Neotrope's DotSorcerer™ keyword optimization services powered by the company's ContextXpert™ technology (www.dotcommojo.com), to help launch their VideoBuilder (www.videobuilder.com) online video production and multimedia service website. This new service allows any company to create affordable video that fits any budget. VideoBuilder allows you to be a part of the creative process saving your company money. "It's your one-stop service for affordable business multimedia services."
> Learn about VideoBuilder's web video tools.

May 29, 2003
Veridien Corporation (Symbol:VRDE) of Pinellas Park, FL (www.veridien.com), which offers patented ready to use disinfectants and antimicrobials for medical, dental and institutional markets, has chosen Neotrope's DotComMojo (www.dotcommojo) keyword optimization services, powered by the company's ContextXpert™ technology (www.dotcommojo.com) to assist in promoting their organization and brands, including Viraguard®,SunSwipe™, and SitSecure™.

May 24, 2003
The American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) (www.thearda.com), a project funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and acts to preserve quantitative data on American religion, has chosen Neotrope's DotComMojo (www.dotcommojo) keyword optimization services, powered by the company's ContextXpert™ technology (www.dotcommojo.com) to assist in promoting their organization.

May 21, 2003
Neotrope's Send2Press (www.send2press.com) And CyberAlert Inc. Form Alliance That Puts Affordable, Effective, Press Coverage, Media Monitoring, And Marketing Intelligence Services Within Reach Of Small Businesses.
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May 12, 2003
Khryse, "The Sacred Ecstatic Light" (www.khryse-leela.com) a website dedicated to holistic and spiritual practices, has chosen Neotrope's DotComMojo (www.dotcommojo) keyword optimization services, powered by the company's ContextXpert™ technology (www.dotcommojo.com) to assist in promoting their services.

April 1, 2003
Jerry Laird Simmons, Neotrope team member, and father of company founder Christopher Simmons, passed away today. He is survived by his wife Nola, sons Christopher and David, and brother Robert. Jerry was instrumental in the launch of the Mindset/Neotrope company, both by inspiration and financial means. In his later years Jerry was a valued participant in the launch, growth, and ultimate success of the Send2Press.com business, as an advisor and writer/editor; working both with Christopher on content issues, and directly with Send2Press clients. He will be greatly missed by friends and family. His memorial website can be viewed at www.JLSimmons.com.

March 28, 2003
Neotrope signs strategic partnership with CyberAlert® (www.CyberAlert.com) to add their industry-leading market intelligence and media monitoring capabiltiies to Neotrope's Send2Press™ press release service offerings (www.Send2Press.com). CyberAlert is a fully-automated worldwide press clipping, broadcast monitoring and Web clipping service that provides an effective, time-efficient and economical way to find and "clip" what is being said about a company, its products, or people in newspapers, magazines, journals, wire services, TV networks, and local TV stations. Through this strategic partnership, Send2Press will offer enhanced business promotion services that combine news writing, press release distribution, and the CyberAlert media tracking service.

March 11, 2003
Neotrope is selected by GhostriderX Skateboards, LLC (ghostriderx.com) for our DotComMojo™ search engine optimization (SEO) program (www.DotComMojo.com), powered by Neotrope's ContextXpert™ technology. Located in Palos Verdes, Calif., GhostRiderX makes the innovative Ghost Board™ skateboard which replaces conventional wobbly-bushing truck systems with a curved arched axle to allow for a greater turning radius of 45-degree angles.

February 24, 2003
Neotrope completes very simple website design and architecture for Compass Promotions, Inc. (compasspromotionsinc.com). Located in Coto de Caza, Calif., CPI is a single-source for all logo-based corporate gifts, customer premiums, and employee rewards. Neotrope also hosts this website.

February 17, 2003
Neotrope is selected by S&R Network Consulting, Inc. of New York (www.sr-network.com) to develop a keyword marketing and website optimization strategy using Neotrope's DotSorcerer™™ service, powered by Neotrope's ContextXpert™ technology. S&R is a computer consulting company that helps businesses compute more efficiently and increase productivity while lowering their operating costs.

January 17, 2003
Neotrope selected by Deb Colden Executive Coaching to design and host a small business website promoting her services. Deb's clients have included successful leaders from Hewlett-Packard Company, Agilent Technologies, Rsystems International and Blue Pumpkin Software to name a few. Drawing on her experience with these individuals, she has designed her leadership-coaching program to meet the needs of time-constrained professionals seeking an action-oriented approach to increased personal effectiveness and Innovation.

January 10, 2003
Neotrope rejoins the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of the Southland (Southern California). Neotrope was previously a member in 1997 under the name "Mindset" until 2001 during the company name changeover. Neotrope also has applied for participation in the BBB Online Reliablity Program. You can read our BBB Reliability Report by clicking here. You can also click here to verify participation in the BBB Online Reliability Program.

January 9, 2003
Neotrope president Christopher Simmons joins the judging panel for the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 2002 Excellence in Technology Journalism awards. The PRSA Technology Section presents awards annually for the two best examples of technology journalism, one to a technology journalist for writing in a trade, technical or industrial publication, and a second to a technology journalist in a business or general interest publication or media.

December 13, 2002
Neotrope is selected by Meritech Inc. of Englewood, CO (meritech.com) to develop a keyword marketing and website optimization strategy using Neotrope's DotSorcerer™™ service, powered by Neotrope's ContextXpert™ technology. The company offers hand and glove washing systems including their CleanTech® brand of hand washing systems formicroorganism removal, food safety, hygiene monitoring, and workplace safety.

December 6, 2002
Neotrope is selected by Bellezza Strings Quartet to develop and host a simple website including audio clips from their CD and video clips from their performance at the Crystal Cathedral.

November 6, 2002
Neotrope is selected by Teacher Care (www.TeacherCare.com) to host their website and assist them with recovering their content from another hosting company. Neotrope provided its proprietary "site scraping" service which allows us to copy and recover an entire website externally. Within 48 hours Neotrope completely replicated the website without having any content provided by the client, or the original designer. TeacherCare is an early childhood agency that places private teachers with families seeking childcare and enrichment in their home. Our teachers enrich children from infancy through school age, while caring for the children's daily needs. Neotrope will also provide ongoing site maintenance.

November 4, 2002
Neotrope is selected by National Assessment Specialists (www.nas-usa.com) to develop a new business web presence and e-commerce solution, as well as a membership based content solution for a new magazine publishing portal called ClaimsAlertUSA (www.ClaimsAlertUSA.com). The website will be a companion site to a printed periodical covering the human resource and insurance claim industries, and will launch December 2002/January 2003.

October 29, 2002
Send2Press And PR Newswire Form Partnership That Puts Affordable, Effective, Press Coverage Within Reach Of Individuals And Small Businesses. A new strategic partnership between Send2Press (Send2Press.com) and PR Newswire will provide small business owners with affordable PR services, it was announced today.
> Read Press Release

October 28, 2002
Neotrope is selected to re-design and host a business web presence for Direct Wireless Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: DWCM). The new website will relaunch mid-November 2002 (www.dwcell.com).

October 15, 2002
Neotrope is selected by StoneCreek Mall (stonecreekmall.com) to develop a keyword marketing strategy and search engine optimization program for their e-commerce shopping sites, powered by Neotrope's ContextXpert™ technology.

October 11, 2002
Neotrope is selected by KoloSoft Inc. (kolosoft.com) to develop basic product packaging and barcode for line of software.

October 1, 2002
Neotrope is selected by House of Healing to develop an e-commerce and membership-based content solution.

September 23, 2002
Neotrope completes brand identity project for Empire Relations Group, Inc., an investor relations company based in New York (www.empirerelations.com). Neotrope developed both a corporate logotype and business cards for the company.

September 16, 2002
Neotrope has been selected by software company KoloSoft Inc. (www.kolosoft.com) of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA as their agency of record. As part of this agreement, Neotrope will provide both media relations and Internet marketing services to promote the KoloSoft line of Internet monitoring applications.
> Read Press Release

September 3, 2002
Neotrope announces the relaunch of the Send2Press™ (www.send2press.com) website, offering affordable press release writing and distribution services. The site was originally launched in 1997 as MindsetNetwire.com, and became Send2Press in 2000. The third generation of the site launched August 2000. The all-new site includes expanded service offerings including news distribution combining the Send2Press databases with online news placements through a new partnership with PR Newswire.

September 3, 2002
Neotrope launches "Starting a New Business?" promotion campaign. Starting with a 1/2-page vertical full color advertisement in the Sept. 2002 edition of CrossMedia magazine. This will tie-in to a regional color postcard (4x6 4/1 color) mailing to new business start-ups in Los Angeles county, during September and October 2002.
> View 1/2-pg. ad in Adobe Acrobat5 PDF format [44k]
> View postcard front in Acrobat5 PDF format [76k]

August 30, 2002
Neotrope/Send2Press and PR Newswire (PRN) sign strategic partnership agreement that will benefit small businesses in reaching the media with business news. Through this agreement, Neotrope's affordable PR services website, Send2Press.com will be able to add selected PRN services to the proven services offered by Send2Press since 1997. PR Newswire's dedicated news network is capable of distribution to 40,000 organizations worldwide.

July 3, 2002
Neotrope's Send2Press™ news articles based on client press releases are added to the list of online news sources covered by NewsBooster.com a "clipping service" that provides news extracts to subscribers. Last year our news articles were also added to the list of online news sources covered by a similar clipping service, WebClipping.com.

July 2, 2002
Neotrope is selected by advertising collectible toy company, Big Kid Collectables to architect website based on cartoon illustrations by artist Fred Sherman, and implement an e-commerce solution with real-time credit card processing.

July 1, 2002
Neotrope adds support for Miva technologies to our web hosting service suite. As a Miva hosting solution partner, Neotrope will provide solutions like Miva Merchant to our e-commerce customers.

June 28, 2002
Neotrope is selected by New York based Empire Relations Group, Inc. to develop, design, and host a web presence for their investor research service offerings.

June 17, 2002
Neotrope is selected to implement an e-commerce solution for Enercise Inc., a company that offers innovative wireless entertainment products for the fitness industry.

June 15, 2002
Neotrope is selected by The Neurography Institute to develop several secure medical forms for patients and doctors using our NeoMailDB system. The Neurography Institute Medical Associates is a premier group of specially trained radiologists who have a special interest as well as special training in the interpretation of MR nerve images.

June 11, 2002
Neotrope is granted "registered" status for its Mindstock® trademark.

May 28, 2002
Neotrope® is granted "registered" status for its trademark in the first of multiple trade categories by the U.S. patent and trademark office (PTO).

May 15, 2002
Neotrope selected to host and customize online shopping portal, MrGiftBasket.com launching August 1, 2002. The site provides a directory of gift basket companies, and vendors who can offer products to those same companies.

April 15, 2002
Neotrope completes corporate annual report cover for Findwhat.com (NASDAQ: FWHT).

March 8, 2002
Neotrope is selected to develop and implement an e-commerce enabled subscription-based secure content system for 4for4.com, a fantasy football sports Web site.

February 22, 2002
Neotrope is selected to architect and enable a basic Web site for Enercise Inc., a company that offers innovative wireless entertainment products for the fitness industry. Neotrope took a basic home page design provided by the Morgan Road company, and converted this into working dynamic HTML.

February 16, 2002
Neotrope is selected by educational software company Respondus, Inc., to develop several print magazine advertisements and trade show sale sheets.

February 10, 2002
Neotrope president Christopher Simmons is interviewed for article to appear in Home Business magazine on the topic of the benefits and pitfalls of a "virtual office" and decentralized staff over a traditional brick-and-mortar space with full-time employees.

January 6, 2002
Neotrope selected by inspirational gifts company, God Sent Creations, to redevelop their Web site over three months; converting their former Flash-only site to a mostly text-based (simple) site, and update Miva shopping cart system to new design. Additionally, Neotrope will provide general marketing consulting, and our DotSorcerer™ advanced keyword marketing services for higher search engine placements, powered by Neotrope's ContextXpert™ technology.

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